← Votes·2024-09-19

Situation in Venezuela

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "venezuela"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 169600Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+8 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Situation in Venezuela”. S&D, Renew, PfE and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (293 for, 285 against, 39 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

293

Against

285

Abstain

Margin of victory

8 votes

Turnout (cast)

617

Absent

104

Participation rate

85.6%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 8 votes. 104 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (104) was larger than the 8-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 39 absent MEPs (margin was 8)
S&Dhad 22 absent MEPs (margin was 8)
ECRhad 9 absent MEPs (margin was 8)
PfEhad 9 absent MEPs (margin was 8)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (19 absent)Italy (10 absent)Greece (9 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 2Against 147Abstain 0Absent 39

S&D135 MEPs

For 113Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

Renew79 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 71Abstain 2Absent 9

PfE77 MEPs

For 36Against 27Abstain 5Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 27Absent 6

NI30 MEPs

For 6Against 17Abstain 3Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 4Against 19Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

France58
Netherlands18
Austria14
Belgium14
Sweden13

Most against

Poland44
Germany38
Italy36
Spain30
Romania16

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
Germany
Italy
Luxembourg
Malta

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 4Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic20 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland16 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 58Against 8Abstain 9Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 37Against 38Abstain 2Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 3Absent 9

Hungary20 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 1Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 2Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 22Against 36Abstain 8Absent 10

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 7Abstain 5Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 7Against 44Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 16Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 21Against 30Abstain 4Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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